Thursday, December 16, 2004
Oi Humbug!
Thursday Night TV Report
Merry Chrismukkah everyone.
This episode, was, by me, received as, one of the, but not the, best OC episodes in either season, and surely the best of season two. I hope you were able to fight through those commas to extract some meaning from that sentence.
First of all, Jimmy bangin' Julie again can only lead to another Marissa overdose or runaway.
Secondly, all of Seth's Chrismukkah preperations, while being quite funny (the work wheel, the color-coded alert system) were overshadowed by the plot line. Seth pretty much had the episode by the horns from the beginning, delivering the classic Seth Coen lines, which, while we had a ton this episode, could never get enough of.
Examples:
"Oh ye of little faith, trust one of mixed faith."
The Chrismukkah Backlash speech.
After Sandy questions Ryan about the seriousness of his thing with Lindsay, Seth chimes in with, "Well, he wants to see her naked."
Then of course the "his illegitimate love child" comment that blows the door open to rest of the episode and really fucks Ryan in the ass.
So the Spider Web that is The OC grows bigger. We had Cal, Julie, Jimmy, Marissa, Sandy, Kirsten, Ryan, Seth, Lindsay, Rachel Wheeler, and Summer all in the Coan kitchen, and the only one who had no blood or legal relation to another in the room was Summer, who is Seth's ex-girlfriend. It all seems so incestual, yet somehow isn't. Ryan moinking his adopted half-aunt or whatever the hell Lindsay is to him, is, after all, legal.
In a bit of role-reversal, Ryan leads the Coen Family back on track to the typical Coen Family thing and welcome Lindsay into their family and pick her ass up off the mat.
Seth comes in with more Seth lines, "You're a Coen, welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt." Then he goes on with something about making jokes inappropriately soon after a traumatic experience... Good shit.
But, as good as this episode was, the best line came in the previews...
Marissa: "I'm not like most girls." The living room of the 213 burst into laughter at that one. Her and Alex? Wow. In the immaculate words of Paris Hilton, "That's Hot."
A threesome for Seth? Marissa dating her ex-boyfriend's adopted brother's ex(or current)-girlfriend, while her ex-boyfriend dates his adopted mother's half-sister? Follow that.
Seth and Summer are getting back together, it's just a matter of time.
Should be noted: Ryan's acting improvement. Tons.
Marissa wasn't in this one enough to be horrible.
There will be a Marissa-centric episode soon, probably two or three in a row, and surely at least one massive breakdown.
Question: Sandy's career? Quit his firm. Not a PD anymore. Cal is out of trouble. Now what?
The Company: Is Julie out now?
The Jimmy/Julie Thing: Does Kirsten out them to the necessary people?
And so it goes, the spider web of incestuous drama that is The OC.
Until Later.
Merry Chrismukkah everyone.
This episode, was, by me, received as, one of the, but not the, best OC episodes in either season, and surely the best of season two. I hope you were able to fight through those commas to extract some meaning from that sentence.
First of all, Jimmy bangin' Julie again can only lead to another Marissa overdose or runaway.
Secondly, all of Seth's Chrismukkah preperations, while being quite funny (the work wheel, the color-coded alert system) were overshadowed by the plot line. Seth pretty much had the episode by the horns from the beginning, delivering the classic Seth Coen lines, which, while we had a ton this episode, could never get enough of.
Examples:
"Oh ye of little faith, trust one of mixed faith."
The Chrismukkah Backlash speech.
After Sandy questions Ryan about the seriousness of his thing with Lindsay, Seth chimes in with, "Well, he wants to see her naked."
Then of course the "his illegitimate love child" comment that blows the door open to rest of the episode and really fucks Ryan in the ass.
So the Spider Web that is The OC grows bigger. We had Cal, Julie, Jimmy, Marissa, Sandy, Kirsten, Ryan, Seth, Lindsay, Rachel Wheeler, and Summer all in the Coan kitchen, and the only one who had no blood or legal relation to another in the room was Summer, who is Seth's ex-girlfriend. It all seems so incestual, yet somehow isn't. Ryan moinking his adopted half-aunt or whatever the hell Lindsay is to him, is, after all, legal.
In a bit of role-reversal, Ryan leads the Coen Family back on track to the typical Coen Family thing and welcome Lindsay into their family and pick her ass up off the mat.
Seth comes in with more Seth lines, "You're a Coen, welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt." Then he goes on with something about making jokes inappropriately soon after a traumatic experience... Good shit.
But, as good as this episode was, the best line came in the previews...
Marissa: "I'm not like most girls." The living room of the 213 burst into laughter at that one. Her and Alex? Wow. In the immaculate words of Paris Hilton, "That's Hot."
A threesome for Seth? Marissa dating her ex-boyfriend's adopted brother's ex(or current)-girlfriend, while her ex-boyfriend dates his adopted mother's half-sister? Follow that.
Seth and Summer are getting back together, it's just a matter of time.
Should be noted: Ryan's acting improvement. Tons.
Marissa wasn't in this one enough to be horrible.
There will be a Marissa-centric episode soon, probably two or three in a row, and surely at least one massive breakdown.
Question: Sandy's career? Quit his firm. Not a PD anymore. Cal is out of trouble. Now what?
The Company: Is Julie out now?
The Jimmy/Julie Thing: Does Kirsten out them to the necessary people?
And so it goes, the spider web of incestuous drama that is The OC.
Until Later.
